US7120573B2 - Message processing for handling unsupported character codes - Google Patents

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US7120573B2
US7120573B2 US09/794,916 US79491601A US7120573B2 US 7120573 B2 US7120573 B2 US 7120573B2 US 79491601 A US79491601 A US 79491601A US 7120573 B2 US7120573 B2 US 7120573B2
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  • the present invention relates to communications. More particularly the present invention relates to transmitting and receiving messages, through a global communication network such as the Internet.
  • characters can be input with a language of one character code system set by the user, and only other restricted languages (support language) can be displayed.
  • support language support language
  • the receiving computer In communication through the global network, when a message is transmitted to another computer or the like, the receiving computer does not necessarily support the language of the message.
  • Japanese Patent Unexamined Publication No. Hei. 11-353310 discloses a technique in which when a document file is transmitted, the environment of an apparatus at a transmission destination is judged from an address of a transmission destination, a character code of the transmitted document file is converted into a character code which can be handled by the apparatus at the transmission destination, and it is transmitted.
  • the foregoing technique of converting the character code of the document file is effective for one-to-one communication, such as the electronic mail, or communication in which a transmission destination is specified, it is difficult to convert the character code of the message in accordance with the receiving party environment. It is also difficult to transmit in an environment, such as in the chat, net news, or message exchange in a network game, in which it is expected that the general public reads the message, and the party reading the message can not be specified when transmitting the message, and a difference in support languages is wide.
  • the illegal character of the message is also produced by operation failure of a computer itself, omission of part of data due to a communication error, or the like, if the illegal character is produced in the received message, the user can not easily understand its cause, and the user feels a sense of uneasiness and does not know how to deal with it.
  • Some conventional computers or the like estimate a support language from a character code string of a received message and display the message in accordance with a character code system according to a language of the received message.
  • the support language is estimated based upon the character code string of the received message, certainty is lacking, and it is impossible to completely avoid a garbled message.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a computer-readable recording medium including a program for message transmission and reception, a message transmission program, a message reception program, a message transmission-reception program, a message transmission method, a message reception method, a message transmission-reception method, and an information processing apparatus, in which a nonsense illegal character display of a received message is completely avoided.
  • a sense of uneasiness of a user can be alleviated by intelligibly informing the user that a language of the message is not supported.
  • a computer-readable recording medium of the invention is a computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for transmitting a message through a network.
  • the program causes a computer to generate a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the program also causes the computer to impart use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, and to transmit the transmission frame.
  • a computer-readable recording medium of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network.
  • the program causes a computer to judge a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the program also causes the computer to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer.
  • the program causes a computer to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, and to display the generated message.
  • a computer-readable recording medium of the invention is a computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network.
  • the program causes a computer to judge a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the program also causes the computer to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer.
  • the program also causes the computer to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, to display the generated message, and to display notice information indicating that a message can not be generated when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • the icon there is a national flag of a country in which the corresponding language is a mother language, or the like.
  • a computer-readable recording medium of the invention is a computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network.
  • the program causes a computer to judge a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the program also causes the computer to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer, and to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported.
  • the program also causes the computer to display the generated message, and to stop a message display when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • a computer-readable recording medium of the invention is a computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for transmitting a message through a network and receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through the network.
  • the program causes a computer to generate a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input, and to impart use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string.
  • the program also causes the computer to transmit the transmission frame, and to judge a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to a transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received, and to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer.
  • the program also causes the computer to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, and to display the generated message.
  • a computer-readable recording medium of the invention is a computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for transmitting a message through a network and receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through the network.
  • the program causes a computer to generate a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input, and to impart use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string.
  • the program also causes the computer to transmit the transmission frame, and to judge a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to a transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received, and to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer.
  • the program also causes the computer to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, to display the generated message, and to display notice information indicating that a message cannot be generated when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • a computer-readable recording medium of the invention is a computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for transmitting a message through a network and receiving a character code string corresponding to the message through the network.
  • the program causes a computer to generate a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the program also causes the computer to impart use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, to transmit the transmission frame, and to judge a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to a transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the program also causes the computer to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer, and to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported.
  • the program also causes the computer to display the generated message, and to stop a message display when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • a message transmission program of the invention is a program for transmitting a message through a network.
  • the program causes a computer to generate a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the program also causes the computer to impart use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, and to transmit the transmission frame.
  • a message reception program of the invention is a program for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network.
  • the program causes a computer to judge a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to a transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the program also causes the computer to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer, to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, and to display the generated message.
  • a message reception program of the invention is a program for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network.
  • the program causes a computer to judge a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the program also causes the computer to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer, and to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported.
  • the program also causes the computer to display the generated message, and to display notice information indicating that a message cannot be generated when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • a message reception program of the invention is a program for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network.
  • the program causes a computer to judge a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the program also causes the computer to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer, and to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported.
  • the program also causes the computer to display the generated message, and to stop a message display when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • a message transmission-reception program of the invention is a program for transmitting a message through a network and receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through the network.
  • the program causes a computer to generate a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the program also causes the computer to impart use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, to transmit the transmission frame, and to judge a language of a character code string in the transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to a transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the program also causes the computer to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer, to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, and to display the generated message.
  • a message transmission-reception program of the invention is a program for transmitting a message through a network and receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through the network.
  • the program causes a computer to generate a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the program also causes the computer to impart use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, to transmit the transmission frame, and to judge a language of a character code string in the transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the program also causes the computer to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer, and to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, to display the generated message, and to display notice information indicating that a message can not be generated when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • a message transmission-reception program of the invention is a program for transmitting a message through a network and receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through the network.
  • the program causes a computer to generate a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the program also causes the computer to impart use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, and to transmit the transmission frame.
  • the program also causes the computer to judge a language of a character code string in the transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received, and to judge whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer.
  • the program also causes the computer to generate a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, to display the generated message, and to stop a message display when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • a message transmission method of the invention is a message transmission method for transmitting a message through a network from a computer.
  • the method includes generating a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the method also includes imparting use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, and transmitting the transmission frame.
  • a message reception method of the invention is a message reception method for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network to a computer.
  • the method includes judging a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to a transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the method also includes judging whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer, and generating a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, and displaying the generated message.
  • a message reception method of the invention is a message reception method for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network to a computer.
  • the method includes judging a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to a transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the method also includes judging whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer, and generating a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported.
  • the method also includes displaying the generated message, and displaying notice information indicating that a message can not be generated when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • a message reception method of the invention is a message reception method for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network to a computer.
  • the method includes judging a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the method also includes judging whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer, and generating a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported.
  • the method also includes displaying the generated message, and stopping a message display when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • a message transmission-reception method of the invention is a message transmission-reception method for transmitting a message through a network from a computer and receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through the network into the computer.
  • the method includes generating a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the method also includes imparting use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, and transmitting the transmission frame.
  • the method also includes judging a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to a transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received, and judging whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer.
  • the method also includes generating a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, and displaying the generated message.
  • a message transmission-reception method of the invention is a message transmission-reception method for transmitting a message through a network from a computer and receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through the network into the computer.
  • the method includes generating a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the method also includes imparting use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, and transmitting the transmission frame.
  • the method also includes judging a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the method also includes judging whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer, and generating a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported.
  • the method also includes displaying the generated message, and displaying notice information indicating that a message can not be generated when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • a message transmission-reception method of the invention is a message transmission-reception method for transmitting a message through a network from a computer and receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through the network into the computer.
  • the method includes generating a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the computer when the message composed of characters is input, and imparting use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string.
  • the method also includes transmitting the transmission frame, judging a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to a transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received, and judging whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the computer.
  • the method also includes generating a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, displaying the generated message, and stopping a message display when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • an information processing apparatus of the invention is an information processing apparatus for transmitting a message through a network.
  • the apparatus generates a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the information processing apparatus when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the apparatus also imparts use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, and transmits the transmission frame.
  • an information processing apparatus of the invention is an information processing apparatus for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network.
  • the apparatus judges a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the apparatus also judges whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the information processing apparatus, generates a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, and displays the generated message.
  • an information processing apparatus of the invention is an information processing apparatus for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network.
  • the apparatus judges a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to a transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the apparatus also judges whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the information processing apparatus, and generates a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported.
  • the apparatus also displays the generated message, and displays notice information indicating that a message can not be generated when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • an information processing apparatus of the invention is an information processing apparatus for receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through a network.
  • the apparatus judges a language of a character code string in a transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to a transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the apparatus also judges whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the information processing apparatus, and generates a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported.
  • the apparatus also displays the generated message, and stops a message display when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • an information processing apparatus of the invention is an information processing apparatus for transmitting a message through a network and receiving a character code string corresponding to the message through the network.
  • the apparatus generates a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the information processing apparatus when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the apparatus also imparts use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, and transmits the transmission frame.
  • the apparatus also judges a language of a character code string in the transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received, and judges whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the information processing apparatus.
  • the apparatus also generates a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported, and displays the generated message.
  • an information processing apparatus of the invention is an information processing apparatus for transmitting a message through a network and receiving a character code string corresponding to the message through the network.
  • the apparatus generates a character code string corresponding to an input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the information processing apparatus when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the apparatus also imparts use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, and transmits the transmission frame.
  • the apparatus also judges a language of a character code, string in the transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the apparatus also judges whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the information processing apparatus, and generates a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported.
  • the apparatus also displays the generated message, and displays notice information indicating that a message can not be generated when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • an information processing apparatus of the invention is an information processing apparatus for transmitting a message through a network and receiving a character code string corresponding to the message through the network.
  • the apparatus generates the character code string corresponding to the input message in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the information processing apparatus when the message composed of characters is input.
  • the apparatus also imparts use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string to a transmission frame of the character code string, and transmits the transmission frame.
  • the apparatus also judges a language of a character code string in the transmission frame from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame in which the use language information is imparted is received.
  • the apparatus also judges whether a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the information processing apparatus, and generates a message corresponding to the received character code string in accordance with the character code system when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported.
  • the apparatus also displays the generated message, and stops a message display when the character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is not supported.
  • the information processing apparatus includes various information processing terminals such as computers, mobile equipment such as a portable telephone, a video game apparatus having a built-in computer, and the like.
  • FIG. 1 is a conceptual view showing the concept of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a system structural view showing a system structure of the invention, according to an aspect of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a video game apparatus according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS. 4A , 4 B and 4 C are explanatory views each showing a data structure defined in a video game apparatus according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIG. 5A is an explanatory view showing an example of a use language identifier-character code system corresponding table defined in a video game apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5B is an explanatory view showing an example of a format of a transmission frame for message transmission, used in the video game apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a server, according to an aspect of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a communication procedure of message exchange according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a client message transmission processing according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a message delivery processing of a server according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a client message reception processing according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS. 11A , 11 B and 11 C are explanatory views showing examples of screen transitions of respective client machines (video game apparatuses) at the time of message exchange according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS. 12A , 12 B and 12 C are explanatory views showing examples of screen transitions of respective client machines (video game apparatuses) at the time of message exchange according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS. 13A , 13 B and 13 C are explanatory views showing examples of screen transitions of respective client machines (video game apparatuses) at the time of message exchange according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS. 14A , 14 B and 14 C are explanatory views showing examples of the screen transitions of the client machines (video game apparatuses) at the time of message exchange according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS. 15A , 15 B and 15 C are explanatory views showing examples of the screen transitions of the client machines (video game apparatuses) at the time of message exchange according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS. 16A , 16 B and 16 C are explanatory views showing examples of the screen transitions of the client machines (video game apparatuses) at the time of message exchange according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS. 17A , 17 B and 17 C are explanatory views each showing another example of a data structure defined in a video game apparatus according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS. 18A , 18 B and 18 C are explanatory views showing an example of a screen of each client machine (video game apparatus) at the time of message exchange according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS. 19A 19 B and 19 C are explanatory views each showing another example of a data structure defined in a video game apparatus according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIG. 20 is an explanatory view showing data for a display of a language identification icon.
  • FIGS. 21A , 21 B, 21 C are explanatory views showing an example of a screen of each client machine (video game apparatus) at the time of message exchange according to an aspect of the invention.
  • FIGS. 22A , 22 B and 22 C are explanatory views showing another example of a screen of each client machine (video game apparatus) at the time of message exchange according to an aspect of the invention.
  • a character code system of a use language of the user A is shift-JIS. Its support language is Japanese, a character code system of the user B is ASCII. Its support language is English. A character code system of the user C is ISO8859-1. Its support language is West European languages (German).
  • a character code string corresponding to the input message is generated in accordance with the character code system of the set use language, use language identification information indicating a type of use language of the character code string is imparted to a transmission frame of the character code string, and the transmission frame is transmitted.
  • the use language identification information indicating shift-JIS is imparted to the transmission frame transmitted by the user A.
  • the use language identification information indicating ASCII is imparted to the transmission frame transmitted by the user B.
  • the use language identification information indicating ISO8859-1 is imparted to the transmission frame transmitted by the user C.
  • this message is converted into a character code string according to ASCII, and a transmission frame, in which use language identification information indicating ASCII is automatically imparted to a head portion of the character code string or the like, is transmitted.
  • the users A and C receive the transmission frame, and recognize the use of ASCII from the use language identification information imparted to the header portion of the transmission frame.
  • the ASCII character code is correctly supported in both shift-JIS and ISO8859-1, and a duplicate character code does not exist in the mutual character code systems, so that it is judged that this message is based on the supported character code system.
  • the message of the English characters, ⁇ Hi! ⁇ , corresponding to the character code string is correctly displayed.
  • this message is converted into a character code string according to shift-JIS, and a transmission frame, in which use language identification information indicating shift-JIS is automatically imparted to a head portion of the character code string or the like, is transmitted.
  • the users B and C receive the transmission frame, and recognize the use of shift-JIS from the use language identification information imparted to the header portion of the transmission frame.
  • the shift-JIS character code is not supported in either ASCII or ISO8859-1, so that it is judged that this message is based on a nonsupported language.
  • the users A and B receive the transmission frame, and recognize the use of ISO8859-1 from the use language identification information imparted to the header portion of the transmission frame.
  • FIG. 2 shows a system structure.
  • the clients (users) A, B and C operate video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C, respectively. All of the video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C are connected to a server 50 of an internet service provider through an internet 100 so that two-way communications can be made.
  • the server 50 functions as a relay of mutual two-way communications of the video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C.
  • FIG. 3 shows the video game apparatus 10 A, 10 B or 10 C as an information processing apparatus according to the present invention.
  • This video game apparatus executes a program recorded in a computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention, and is also used for execution of a message transmission and reception method according to the present invention.
  • the video game apparatus 10 A, 10 B or 10 C is constituted by a game machine main body 11 having a built-in computer, and a keypad 30 connected to an input side of the game machine main body 11 .
  • the keypad 30 is operated by the user (player), and gives operation instructions by the user to the game machine main body 11 .
  • the keypad 30 can input a message composed of characters to the game machine main body 11 by character selection of a character pallet displayed on a screen of the TV set 40 , or the like.
  • a keyboard which can input characters, to the input side of the game machine main body 11 , and a message composed of characters can also be input.
  • the TV set 40 On the basis of a video signal (picture signal) and a sound signal from the game machine main body 11 , the TV set 40 makes a screen display of a picture (image) according to game contents, and a message of transmission or reception, and makes a sound output.
  • the game machine main body 11 includes a CPU 12 , a ROM 13 , a RAM 14 , a hard disk drive 15 , a graphics processing portion 16 , a sound processing portion 17 , a DVD drive 18 , a communications interface portion 19 , a memory card reader/writer 20 , an input interface portion 21 , and a bus 22 mutually connecting each of the elements.
  • the CPU 12 executes an operating system stored in the ROM 13 for basic control of the whole apparatus, and executes a program of a network game or the like for a client (for a general user) stored in a program storage region of the RAM 14 .
  • the RAM 14 stores the program of the network game for the general user, image data, or the like read out from a disk 31 , such as a DVD or CD-ROM, in respective regions.
  • the game program and the image data can also be stored in the hard disk drive 15 .
  • the graphics processing portion 16 includes a VRAM 23 and a frame buffer as a buffer memory for storing image data.
  • the graphics processing portion 16 generates a video signal on the basis of the image data stored in the frame buffer by instructions from the CPU 12 resulting from the execution of a program, and outputs the video signal to the TV set 40 .
  • a screen display with the image data stored in the frame buffer is obtained on a display screen 41 of the TV set 40 .
  • the sound processing portion 17 includes a function of generating a sound signal such as background music (BGM) or effective sound.
  • the sound processing portion 17 generates the sound signal on the basis of the data stored in the RAM 14 by instructions from the CPU 12 resulting from the execution of the program, and outputs it to the TV set 40 .
  • the DVD or CD-ROM 31 as a recording medium is detachably set in the DVD drive 18 , and the drive reads out the network game program for the general user, image data, sound data, and the like stored in the DVD or CD-ROM 31 .
  • the communications interface portion 19 is connected to the internet 100 and performs data communications with other apparatuses.
  • a memory card 32 is detachably set in the memory card reader/writer 20 , and save data, such as midway data in the progress of a game or game environment setting data, are stored.
  • the computer-readable recording medium is a computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program of a network game in which conversation can be made in the Internet, and is constituted by the DVD or CD-ROM 31 or the hard disk 15 .
  • the computer-readable recording medium is a computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for transmitting a message through a network and receiving a character code string corresponding to a message through the network, and records the program which causes a computer, here, the game machine main body 11 , to execute transmission processing and reception processing set forth below.
  • a character code string corresponding to an input message is generated in accordance with a character code system of a use language set in the video game apparatus 10 A, 10 B or 10 C by the input of the message composed of characters. Also, use language identification information indicating the type of the use language of the character code string is imparted to a transmission frame of the character code string. Subsequently, the transmission frame is transmitted.
  • a language of a character code string in a transmission frame is judged from use language identification information imparted to the transmission frame when the transmission frame to which the use language information is imparted is received. Then, it is judged whether or not a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is a character code system supported by the game apparatus. When the character code system is supported, a message corresponding to the received character code string is generated in accordance with the character code system, and the generated message is displayed. When the character code system is not supported, notice information indicating that a message can not be generated is displayed.
  • FIGS. 4A , 4 B and 4 C show data structures in the respective video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C.
  • the video game apparatus 10 A its use language is Japanese
  • its support code system is shift-JIS, and a shift-JIS code table and a Japanese font are installed.
  • the video game apparatus 10 B its use language is English
  • its support code system is ASCII
  • an ASCII code table and an English font are installed.
  • the video game apparatus 10 C its use language is German
  • its support code system is ISO8859-1 (Latin-1), and an ISO8859-1 code table and a West European language font are installed.
  • the support code system multiple languages can be set in the respective video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C, and in order to support a new character code system, it is necessary to provide an encoder of a character code and to install data of a character font.
  • the encoder includes a code table, and the code table is defined in the encoder.
  • the video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C include a use language identifier (use language identification information)—character code system corresponding table as common data.
  • the use language identifier (use language identification information)—character code system corresponding table is a corresponding table of an abbreviation (identifier) for identifying a use language, such as JAP or ENG, and a character code system.
  • identifier for use language identification imparted to the transmission frame
  • the character code system is ⁇ shift-JIS ⁇
  • the support language becomes Japanese (English+Japanese).
  • the identifier when the identifier is ⁇ ENG ⁇ , the character code system is ⁇ ASCII ⁇ , and the support language becomes English.
  • the identifier is ⁇ Latin 1 ⁇ , the character code system is ⁇ ISO8859-1 ⁇ , and the support language becomes a West European language (English+German, etc.).
  • the identifier is ⁇ CHA ⁇ , the character code system becomes ⁇ GB2312-80 ⁇ , and the support language becomes Chinese (English+Chinese).
  • the identifier is ⁇ KOR ⁇ , the character code system is ⁇ KSX1002: 1991 ⁇ , and the support language is Korean (English+Korean).
  • Each of the respective video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C can identify the kind of the character code system of the use language of its own machine from the use language identifier (use language identification information)—character code system corresponding table.
  • FIG. 5A shows the contents of the support language for reference data.
  • FIG. 5B shows a frame format example of a frame (transmission frame) for character code string transmission.
  • the whole of the transmission frame is designated by 200 , and includes a header portion 201 determined by a communications protocol and a data portion 202 .
  • a transmission original address, a transmission destination address and the like are written in the header portion 201 .
  • the data portion 202 includes a transmission message storage portion 202 A in which a character code string corresponding to a message to be transmitted is written, and a use language identifier storage portion 202 B defined at a portion positioned at the head portion of the transmission message storage portion 202 A.
  • An identifier indicating a use language, such as ⁇ JAP ⁇ is automatically written in the use language identifier storage portion 202 B.
  • the server 50 includes a server main body (computer main body) 51 , a keyboard 81 connected to an input side of the server main body 51 , and a mouse 82 .
  • a monitor 90 is connected to an output side of the server main body 51 .
  • the monitor 90 makes a screen display on the basis of a video signal (picture signal) from the server main body 51 .
  • the server main body 51 includes a CPU 52 , a ROM 53 , a RAM 54 , a hard disk drive 55 , a graphics processing portion 56 , a DVD drive 57 , a communications interface portion 58 , an input interface portion 59 , and a bus 60 for mutually connecting the elements.
  • the CPU 52 executes an operating system stored in the ROM 53 , and makes basic control of the whole apparatus, and executes a program of a network game or the like for a server stored in a program storage region of the RAM 54 .
  • the RAM 54 stores the program of the network game or the like for the server read out from a disk 82 such as a DVD or CD-ROM by the DVD drive 57 .
  • the game program or the like can also be stored in the hard disk drive 55 .
  • the DVD or CD-ROM 82 as the recording medium is detachably set to the DVD drive 57 , and the drive reads out the network game program for the server stored in the DVD or CD-ROM 82 .
  • the communications interface portion 58 is connected to an Internet 100 , and becomes a relay station of communications of the video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C as client machines.
  • the video game apparatus 10 A receives a message input, and generates a character code string corresponding to the input message in accordance with the character code system of the language set used in the video game apparatus 10 A.
  • the use language of the message in other words, an identifier of the language set used in the video game apparatus 10 A is imparted to the use language identifier storage portion 202 B of the transmission frame 200 of the message (character code string).
  • the transmission frame 200 is transmitted from the video game apparatus 10 A.
  • the server 50 receives this transmission frame 200 .
  • the sever 50 temporarily stores the transmission frame 200 from the video game apparatus 10 A.
  • the server 50 determines a delivery destination of the stored transmission frame 200 in accordance with the progress of the game or the like.
  • the delivery destination is both the video game apparatuses 10 B and 10 C.
  • the server 50 delivers the transmission frame 200 .
  • Both the video game apparatuses 10 B and 10 C receive this transmission frame 200 .
  • each of the video game apparatuses 10 B and 10 C checks the identifier of the use language imparted to the use language identifier storage portion 202 B of the transmission frame 200 , and judges the language of the received message.
  • each of the video game apparatuses 10 B and 10 C judges whether the language of the received message is supported.
  • each of the video game apparatuses 10 B and 10 C makes a screen display of the received message or a screen display of notice information indicating a nonsupported language.
  • a message transmission processing from the video game apparatus 10 A, 10 B or 10 C (client machine) will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 8 .
  • a message input is received, a character code string corresponding to the input message is generated in accordance with a character code system of a language set used in the video game apparatus (step S 21 ), and the character string of the input message is displayed on a screen (step S 22 ).
  • step S 23 Until the input of the message is entered (NO at step S 23 ), the message input reception, the character code string generation, and the screen display of the message character string repeat.
  • step S 24 information of the language set used in its own machine is acquired (step S 24 ), and an identifier corresponding to the use language is acquired by referring to a use language identifier—character code system corresponding table as shown in FIG. 5 (step S 25 ).
  • the acquired identifier of the use language is added as the identifier information of the input message to the use language identifier storage portion 202 B of the transmission frame 200 (step S 26 ), and the transmission frame 200 of the message with the use language identifier is transmitted (step S 27 ).
  • the routine at the message transmission side is completed.
  • a message delivery processing of the server 50 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 9 .
  • Step S 31 Reception of a transmission frame is monitored (step S 31 ), and when the transmission frame is received, the transmission frame is temporarily stored (step S 32 ).
  • step S 33 a position of a character in a virtual space in a game (network game) operated by a transmitter is judged (step S 33 ), and existence of another game character in the neighborhood (range of a certain distance) of the game character operated by the transmitter is judged (step S 34 ).
  • step S 34 A client operating the judged other game character is specified, and the received transmission frame 200 is transmitted to the client (step S 35 ).
  • the message delivery routine in the server 50 is completed.
  • the foregoing example is an example in which players exchange messages in the network game, and in the case where the invention is applied to a chat, message delivery is made to all members taking part in a chat room.
  • a message reception processing of the video game apparatus 10 A, 10 B or 10 C (client machine) will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 10 .
  • Step S 41 Reception of the transmission frame 200 is monitored (step S 41 ), and a use language identifier imparted to the use language identifier storage portion 202 B of the received transmission frame 200 is read out. Consequently, a language of a received message is judged (step S 42 ).
  • step S 43 it is judged whether the language of the received message is a supported language (a character code system corresponding to the language of the received character code string is supported) (step S 43 ).
  • a message corresponding to the received character code string is generated in accordance with the corresponding character code system, and the generated message is displayed (step S 44 ).
  • notice information (notice of a nonsupport message) indicating that a message can not be generated is displayed (step S 45 ).
  • FIGS. 11A , 11 B, 11 C, 12 A, 12 B, 12 C, 13 A, 13 B, 13 C, 14 A, 14 B, 14 C, 15 A, 15 B, 15 C, 16 A, 16 B and 16 C show screen transitions of the video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C in the case where the respective users of the video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C transmit messages of ⁇ Hi!
  • a message line (transmission message line) input to the user's own machine is expressed by ⁇ > ⁇
  • a message line (reception message line) of another user is expressed by ⁇ user A, B, C > ⁇ .
  • the use language is accurately judged from the affixed use language identifier of the received message, in the case where multiple kinds of support languages are set, the character code system of the use language is automatically changed in the range of the support languages on the basis of the judgment result of the use language through the use language identifier. Consequently, and the received message can be displayed.
  • FIGS. 17A , 18 B and 17 C show data structures defined in the video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C in the case where a notice is provided by characters (message) when a message in a nonsupported language is received.
  • the main difference between the data structures shown in FIGS. 17A , 17 B and 17 C and the data structures shown in FIGS. 4A , 4 B and 4 C is that a notice sentence of a nonsupported language is set for each use language.
  • the notice sentence in this example is ⁇ nazo no kotoba ga kikoeru>>>
  • FIGS. 18A , 18 B and 18 C show screen examples of the video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C in this case.
  • the illegal character is not produced at the time of reception of a message with a nonsupported language, and when the nonsupported language notice sentence such as ⁇ nazo no kotoba ga kikoeru>>> ⁇ is displayed at the reception message line of the screen, the user can accurately know the reception of the message with the nonsupported language.
  • the sense of uneasiness of the user can be alleviated.
  • FIGS. 19A , 19 B and 19 C show data structures defined in the video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C in the case where a notice in the case of reception of a message in a nonsupported language is made by an icon expression of a national flag of a country where a language of a message transmitter is a mother language.
  • the different point from those shown in FIGS. 4A , 4 B and 4 C is that data for a display of an identification icon (national flag, etc.) of a use language is included.
  • the data for the display of the language identification icon included in each of the video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C is a national flag (bit map data) of a country where each language is a mother language as shown in FIG. 20 .
  • FIGS. 21A , 21 B and 21 C shows screen examples of the video game apparatuses 10 A, 10 B and 10 C in this case.
  • the illegal character is not produced at the time of reception of a message with a nonsupported language.
  • the national flag is displayed at the reception message line of the screen, the user can accurately know the reception of a message in a nonsupported language, and the sense of uneasiness of the user can be alleviated.
  • the a type of use language of the message with the nonsupported language can be known from the national flag. Accordingly, if necessary, additional installation of the support language can be accurately made.
  • FIGS. 22A , 22 B and 22 C show a case where nothing is displayed to provide notice that a message in a nonsupported language is received. In this case, since the video game apparatus 10 B does not support a received message, a display is not made.
  • the message transmission program, the message reception program, the message transmission-reception program, the message transmission method, the message reception method, the message transmission-reception method, and the information processing apparatus a nonsense illegal character display of a received message can be completely avoided, and in the case where the received message can not be correctly displayed, the sense of uneasiness of the user can be alleviated by intelligibly informing the user that the language of the message is not supported.

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